I've managed to complete it twice, now, both times thanks to the crew teleporter. I didn't think much of it at first but I managed to get two spare mantis crew members and thought "what the hell" and installed one when I had the chance. Second time I completed the game the exact thing happened, I acquired two spare Mantis crew members.

They really made the Mothership a doddle to beat, the second time round, with the Federation secret ship, I managed to kill the Mothership while taking only three hull damage across all three fights.

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I always die the same way: everything goes swimmingly until a lone enemy ship - outfitted with a special weapon (ion, drone, whatever) - disables my systems before I can destroy their weapons, and then proceeds to soundly beat the shit out of me.

Basically I do great, until suddenly all the cards are stacked against me and there's no way for me to win.

Cunting fucks. My high score is below 2000, and not for lack of trying.

I know dying is par for the course, but that doesn't make it any less infuriating - especially when I've been lovingly customising my ship and upgrading my crew. Grrrr

Edited by sirtacos at 12:50:14 17-05-2013

FUUUUUUUCK

I just escaped a heated battle, surviving by the skin of my teeth, only to have my entire crew die in a fire.

@sirtacos There are two things that might help you if you don't already do them. Space bar pauses the action and lets you think carefully about every move, don't be afraid to use it. And don't rush for the exit, the key is to go to as many planets as possible before moving on to the next sector otherwise you wont find enough scrap and/ or extra parts that are almost vital to beating the higher levelled ships.

But then, I've only ever managed ot get to the penultimate sector, so what do I know?

That must be the problem - I look for fights instead of avoiding them. I only ever escape in dire situations, so my obstinacy + mismanagement = by the time I realise I should leave, my ship is already exploding.

I hate to admit this, but I've never played the game on normal.
No wait, that's a lie. I played on normal once. Never again. Way too hard for me, Easy all the way! ;p I've only ever beaten it a couple of times too, the final boss is ridiculously overpowered.

My tactics at the moment comprise of disabling their weapons system first and then their shields and then life support. Ive only been playing for a few hours, am I doing it right? Only got to the 4th sector so far.

There's no one perfect way of approaching every fight, but you usually want to be taking down the shields/weapons as a matter of course (there are times when you'll want to try and brute-force your way through the shield to get to one of the other systems as soon as possible).

What you target next depends on what sort of setup you're rocking, a lot of people forget that the piloting system is often a good target 'cause it's always manned and means your next volley will be much more likely to hit.

Managed to get to the final boss. I was well-equipped, lavishly upgraded, and confident in my tactics.

The battle was tense, but I obliterated him in the first round without suffering any hull damage.

But then came the second round. The painful, terrible second round. I was quickly overwhelmed by the flagship's relentless and multi-pronged attacks. Finally my ship exploded.

It all came down to a mistake I had made two sectors before: during a fight with a rebel ship, I got greedy for scrap, so I sent my boarding party to take it over. When I noticed that the enemy ship was about to explode, it was too late. I lost 4 mantis crew members that day. In retrospect, that's what killed me.

Metalfish wrote:
There's no one perfect way of approaching every fight, but you usually want to be taking down the shields/weapons as a matter of course (there are times when you'll want to try and brute-force your way through the shield to get to one of the other systems as soon as possible).

What you target next depends on what sort of setup you're rocking, a lot of people forget that the piloting system is often a good target 'cause it's always manned and means your next volley will be much more likely to hit.

I agree with you, it depends on the situation. I usually tend to go straight for their weapon systems if they have missiles.

Played this for the first time last night, really like the concept! Only managed to play for about an hour in which I completed the tutorial and managed to reach sector 2 before being boarded and my crew being horribly murdered.

FightingMongoose wrote:
Played this for the first time last night, really like the concept! Only managed to play for about an hour in which I completed the tutorial and managed to reach sector 2 before being boarded and my crew being horribly murdered.

I keep choking my crew to death, usually in the O2 room of all places..great game.

FightingMongoose wrote:
Played this for the first time last night, really like the concept! Only managed to play for about an hour in which I completed the tutorial and managed to reach sector 2 before being boarded and my crew being horribly murdered.

I keep choking my crew to death, usually in the O2 room of all places..great game.

THE IRONY. Tis hella fun, I'm terrified of normal and I've not even touched it yet.

Bought it yesterday for £1.77 and got 3 hours in. Managed to get to sector 5 and unlock the Engi ship. Great idea for a game. Would love an fps stab at this similar to guns of Icarus and a friend told me today someone's doing it with Gary's mod?

Had this for ages and just had another go. I got absolutely served, yet again. It was even on Easy and I took the friendly routes! Nrghhh. My only slight niggle with it is that chance really affects things - sometimes you come across weapons and bounty more than you need it, other times you get fuck all :/